minus

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It reported a preliminary earnings before interest and tax margin before special items of minus 5.3%, with free cash flow of negative 33 million kroner.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sunday night into Monday morning could be even colder as temperatures are forecast to drop to minus 10 or minus 11C in some rural parts of Scotland and Wales.

From BBC

A better statistic is personal income minus government transfers, which has been flat when adjusted for inflation for the last two quarters.

From MarketWatch

Nights will become much colder though, with temperatures possibly dropping to minus double digits on Saturday night in a few locations in Scotland and northern England.

From BBC

There was talk among Bangladesh's rulers at the time to keep the two "battling begums" - Zia and Hasina - out of politics in what was then known as the "minus two formula".

From BBC